Synopses & Reviews
Robert Kowalski's #1 New York Times bestseller The 8-Week Cholesterol Cure revolutionized the way we understand and treat high cholesterol. Now Kowalski introduces the ultimate clinically proven program to lower blood pressure and reduce the risk of heart attack and strokewithout the need to make difficult lifestyle changes or take prescription drugs that may have unpleasant side effects. Whether you already have high blood pressure or have the high-normal levels now known as prehypertension, this book shows how you can manage your blood pressure naturally and see results in eight weeks or less.
In The Blood Pressure Cure, Robert Kowalski gives you step-by-step instructions for testing and monitoring your blood pressure, establishing new goals, and reaching them quickly. He includes simple ways to reduce stress and increase your physical activity without spending all your time at the gym. And he reveals five secret weapons for lowering blood pressure, including new supplements such as grapeseed and tomato extracts and Pycnogenol. Several recent major clinical studies have shown that these supplements can lower blood pressure as effectively as prescription drugs without the side effects. You'll also discover:
How cocoa and wine can improve your blood pressure
The connection between blood pressure and other risk factors for heart disease
Ways to make quitting smoking easier than ever
Special advice for women, African Americans, older people, and people with diabetes
A comprehensive guide to the latest prescription drugs to make it easier to navigate all your options
The Blood Pressure Cure contains lots of good news about eating, drinking, and your blood pressure. You'll learn that with simple changes, you can still enjoy many of your favorite foods. There's no need to give up the salt shaker, eitherjust balance the sodium in salt with other electrolytes by following the book's easy tips. Finally, Kowalski includes a selection of simple, delicious, heart-healthy recipes that will help you lower your blood pressure the natural way.
The latest medical standards for blood pressure will leave millions of people worried about "the silent killer" and wondering whether they need to take prescription drugs for the rest of their lives. You don't have to be among them. Start The Blood Pressure Cure today and take control of your healthin eight weeks or less.
Review
In 1978, at age 35, medical journalist Kowalski (The 8-Week Cholesterol Cure) suffered a heart attack and later underwent two coronary bypass surgeries. Here, he relates how he lost weight, quit smoking, managed stress, lowered blood pressure and cholesterol levels and avoided medications and their side effects. Kowalski recommends ways to monitor blood pressure, combat the metabolic syndrome that leads to heart disease and diabetes (abdominal obesity, high cholesterol and triglycerides, insulin resistance, inflammation, etc.) and raise levels of HDL (good) cholesterol. He provides basic diet and exercise guidelines, details the components of proper electrolyte balance (sodium, potassium, calcium and magnesium) and describes potent natural remedies, including arginine, pycnogenol and grapeseed extract. There are sections on children's health and risks and a review of current prescription drugs for those who must take them. Kowalski's use of clichés and case studies bogs down the text somewhat. Still, readers facing poor prognoses will gain a hopeful perspective on the future from the author's experiences. (May) (Publishers Weekly, March 19, 2007)
Synopsis
#1 New York Times bestselling author Robert E. Kowalski's comprehensive plan for lowering blood pressure without prescription drugs
The author of the huge New York Times bestseller The 8-Week Cholesterol Cure now tackles another major health issue: high blood pressure, often called the silent killer, is a major cause of deadly heart attack and stroke. At least 30 percent of Americans suffer from high blood pressure and half are currently untreated.
Drawing on newly developed and clinically proven natural ways to manage high blood pressure and greatly reduce the risk of fatal heart disease, The Blood Pressure Cure helps readers take control of their health with a complete, tested, and proven plan that doesn't involve expensive drugs or complicated lifestyle changes. Kowalski's step-by-step instructions for accurately testing blood pressure, establishing new blood pressure goals, and reaching those goals quickly give readers the opportunity to dramatically lower their blood pressure. Kowalski covers the latest advice on supplements, herbs, and lifestyle action steps as well as topics including weight loss, stress management, quitting smoking, and blood pressure management for people with diabetes. Readers will also find a helpful guide to prescription drugs for those who need medical help and a section of easy and delicious recipes to promote lower blood pressure. This book has the potential to do for blood pressure-with the amino acid arginine, grapeseed extract, and other natural approaches-what The 8-Week Cholesterol Cure did for cholesterol with oat bran and niacin. Kowalski's program is unique and clinically proven to work.
Robert E. Kowalski (Los Angeles, CA) is amedical journalist and the author of several books, including the bestselling The 8-Week Cholesterol Cure (0-06-103176-3), which has gone into several editions, and 8 Steps to a Healthy Heart (0-446-39458-0). He has published the Diet-Heart Newsletter for 20 years, maintains his Web site www.thehealthyheart.net, averages 12 media interviews monthly, and is launching an alliance with iamplify.com to be their provider of heart health information.
Synopsis
The author of the huge "New York Times" bestseller "The 8-Week Cholesterol Cure" now tackles another major health issue: high blood pressure. Kowalski helps readers take control of their health with a complete, tested, and proven plan that does not involve expensive drugs.
Synopsis
The book is exceptional in its clarity and depth. I would recommend it to anyone with a tendency to hypertension.
—Charles Keenan Jr., M.D., Associate Professor of Family Practice, UCLA
""Hypertension is an important member of the quartet of risk factors for cardiovascular disease--the other three are elevated cholesterol levels, diabetes, and cigarette smoking. Robert Kowalski endeavors to bring all these risk factors under control without resorting to medications. This book presents simple answers to the questions that arise when people take charge of their own health in partnership with their physician.""
—Calvin Ezrin, M.D., author of Your Fat Can Make You Thin
""The Blood Pressure Cure offers a comprehensive, nutritionally sound, and easily accessible guide to lowering one's blood pressure safely and effectively.""
—Kristen Caron, M.A., M.F.T., author of The Everyday Meal Planner for Type 2 Diabetes
""Robert Kowalski is now doing for blood pressure what he did for cholesterol in his previous books--he is revolutionizing the way we think about the non-pharmaceutical treatment of this important risk factor for heart disease. This well-written, concise book is a must-read for every person suffering from or treating high blood pressure.""
—Paul Dougherty, M.D., Professor of Medicine, UCLA
Robert Kowalski, the bestselling author of The 8-Week Cholesterol Cure, presents a clinically proven program that draws on the very latest research on high blood pressure causes, development, and treatment. With the most up-to-date information on herbs, supplements, diet, physical activity, and more, this commonsense, easy-to-follow program can help you lower your blood pressure so that you can decrease your risk of heart attack and stroke—and increase your chances of living a long and healthy life.
Synopsis
#1 New York Times bestselling author Robert Kowalski's comprehensive plan for lowering blood pressure without prescription drugs
The bestselling author of The 8-Week Cholesterol Cure tackles another major risk factor for heart disease, high blood pressure, which affects at least 30 percent of Americans and is a principal cause of deadly heart attack and stroke. Drawing on newly developed and clinically proven natural ways to manage high blood pressure and greatly reduce the risk of fatal heart disease, Kowalski's proven program helps readers take control of their health without complex lifestyle changes or costly drugs and their sometimes unpleasant side effects.
Robert E. Kowalski (Los Angeles, CA) is a medical journalist and author of nine books including The New 8-Week Cholesterol Cure (978-0-06-056460-5) and 8 Steps to a Healthy Heart (978-0-446-39458-1). He publishes The Diet-Heart Newsletter and maintains a Web site, www.thehealthyheart.net.
Synopsis
From The Bestselling Author of The 8-Week Cholesterol Cure
Robert Kowalski's clinically proven program draws on the very latest research on high blood pressure causes, development, and treatment. With the most up-to-date information on herbs, supplements, diet, physical activity, and more, this commonsense, easy-to-follow program can help you lower your blood pressure so that you can decrease your risk of heart attack and strokeand increase your chances of living a long and healthy life.
"The book is exceptional in its clarity and depth. I would recommend it to anyone with a tendency to hypertension."
Charles Keenan Jr., M.D., Associate Professor of Family Practice, UCLA
"Hypertension is an important member of the quartet of risk factors for cardiovasculardiseasethe other three are elevated cholesterol levels, diabetes, and cigarette smoking. Robert Kowalski endeavors to bring all these risk factors under control without resorting to medications. This book presents simple answers to the questions that arise when people take charge of their own health in partnership with their physician."
Calvin Ezrin, M.D., author of Your Fat Can Make You Thin
"Robert Kowalski is now doing for blood pressure what he did for cholesterol in his previous bookshe is revolutionizing the way we think about the non-pharmaceutical treatment of this important risk factor for heart disease. This well-written, concise book is a must-read for every person suffering from or treating high blood pressure."
Paul Dougherty, M.D., Professor of Medicine, UCLA
Synopsis
"The book is exceptional in its clarity and depth. I would recommend it to anyone with a tendency to hypertension."
—Charles Keenan Jr., M.D., Associate Professor of Family Practice, UCLA
"Hypertension is an important member of the quartet of risk factors for cardiovascular disease--the other three are elevated cholesterol levels, diabetes, and cigarette smoking. Robert Kowalski endeavors to bring all these risk factors under control without resorting to medications. This book presents simple answers to the questions that arise when people take charge of their own health in partnership with their physician."
—Calvin Ezrin, M.D., author of Your Fat Can Make You Thin
"The Blood Pressure Cure offers a comprehensive, nutritionally sound, and easily accessible guide to lowering one's blood pressure safely and effectively."
—Kristen Caron, M.A., M.F.T., author of The Everyday Meal Planner for Type 2 Diabetes
"Robert Kowalski is now doing for blood pressure what he did for cholesterol in his previous books--he is revolutionizing the way we think about the non-pharmaceutical treatment of this important risk factor for heart disease. This well-written, concise book is a must-read for every person suffering from or treating high blood pressure."
—Paul Dougherty, M.D., Professor of Medicine, UCLA
Robert Kowalski, the bestselling author of The 8-Week Cholesterol Cure, presents a clinically proven program that draws on the very latest research on high blood pressure causes, development, and treatment. With the most up-to-date information on herbs, supplements, diet, physical activity, and more, this commonsense, easy-to-follow program can help you lower your blood pressure so that you can decrease your risk of heart attack and stroke—and increase your chances of living a long and healthy life.
About the Author
Robert E. Kowalski is the author of the bestselling The 8-Week Cholesterol Cure and 8 Steps to a Healthy Heart.
Table of Contents
Foreword by Steven Burstein, M.D.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
PART ONE The Blood Pressure Problem.
1 Hypertension:The Silent Killer.
2 Testing Your Pressure.
3 Different Blood Pressure Concerns for Different People.
4 Blood Pressure and Diabetes.
PART TWO The Blood Pressure Cure Program.
5 Weight and Blood Pressure.
6 Enjoy a Pressure-Friendly Active Lifestyle.
7 Reduce Your Stress.
8 Time to Quit Smoking.
9 Balance Your Electrolytes: Sodium, Potassium, Calcium, and Magnesium.
10 Drink, but Not Too Much.
11 Lower Your Cholesterol, Lower Your Blood Pressure.
12 Eating to Lower Blood Pressure.
13 Daily Blood Pressure Busters.
14 The Blood Pressure Cure 5 Secret Weapons.
15 The Blood Pressure Cure Express Program.
16 Understanding Prescription Drugs:The Last Resort to Lowering Blood Pressure.
17 Recipes for Healthy Blood Pressure.
18 Take the Pressure Off Your Heart.
References.
Index.